Valentina Chepiga was born April 27th, 1962 in Kharkov, Ukraine. She graduated from the College of Engineering and Building with a degree in Gas Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning. From 1979 until 1992 she worked as technician and was promoted to engineer while working for the Bureau. Chepiga started bodybuilding in 1988 because she wanted to create a more proportionately correct physique.

In 1992, after 4 years of being training, she decided to quit her engineering career and became a personal trainer. In 1993 she moved to Kiev and continued her work as a personal trainer. In 1999 she moved to the U.S. and settled in Seattle, WA. Upon now, she works in the Gold's Gym of Down Town Seattle as a personal trainer.